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I joined The FACES magazine crew as jack-of-all-trades in the winter of 2007. I had told the publishers that I would write about artists but I was lying; I was already sick of writing about art and artists after doing it for the Rapid City Journal for ten years. I never did write any art-related stories for FACES, but drifted …

Time Travel 101 James Van Nuys hits the road in search of his past. By James Van Nuys “You can’t go home again.” The rule was originally stated by the writer Thomas Wolfe, though I don’t think he ever attempted to enforce it. In fact, he was dead by 1940, when “You Can’t Go Home Again” was published, so he …

JAMES AND THE GIANT TRUFFLE By James Van Nuys I suspect that many of my long-time readers are going to wonder what would motivate a highly– well, moderately–respected journalist to disguise himself as a chipmunk and then immerse himself in chocolate. This is easily explained. Firstly, a respected journalist will do anything for attention and secondly, my editor told me …

BYE BYE BIRDIE! By James Van Nuys Photographer/Target: Beth Palmer PROLOGUE OK, so this artist goes hunting with a businessman, a hatmaker, and two priests. Seriously, this is not a joke; it really happened. I had asked my friend Pete Lien, CEO of Pete Lien and Sons, (named after his grandfather) if he’d take me hunting so that I could …

PARTNERS IN CLIMB James Van Nuys gets an altitude adjustment from a local climbing expert My eyes popped open at 3:30 a.m. It was the Fourth of July and it was the last day of my life. I suspected that my Maker had “issues” with some of the thingsI had done but I knew that a detailed confession of my …